%0 Journal Article %T BOOK REVIEW ON THE CITY AND THE URBAN COMPETITION %A Cristina ALPOPI %J Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management %D 2009 %I Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Academy of Economic Studies %X The book ¡°The city and the urban competition / Ora ul i competi ia urban ¡±, written by Irina Popescu, has recently been published at Economic Publishing House of Bucharest, Romania. The book is structured in 4 parts and it is very rich in concepts, ideas, theories, principles and comparative studies, representing an important contribution of the author to the development of the literature concerning the study of the city. %K book review %U http://um.ase.ro/no10/12.pdf